Álvaro García Rivera (born 27 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano as an attacking midfielder or left winger.
Career Born in Utrera, Province of Seville, García finished his formation with local CG Goyu-Ryu, signing for CD Utrera in August 2011.El CD Utrera ultima los fichajes de la nueva temporada (CD Utrera completes signings for the new season); La Voz de Utrera, 31 August 2011 He made his senior debuts in the 2011–12 season, with his team in the regional championships.
On 23 January 2013, García moved to San Fernando CD, in Segunda División B.Álvaro, refuerzo para la segunda vuelta. (Álvaro, reinforcement for second round); San Fernando CD, 23 January 2013 He finished the campaign with 15 appearances (12 starts), scoring one goal.
On 6 July, García joined La Liga side Granada CF for four years.Alvaro Garcia nuevo jugador del Granada Club de Futbol (Alvaro Garcia new player of Granada Club de Futbol); Granada CF, 6 July 2013 He featured with the first team during pre-season, and made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 18 August, playing the last twelve minutes of a 2–1 away win against CA Osasuna.Granada hold on for victory ; ESPN FC, 18 August 2013
On 28 August 2014, García was loaned to Segunda División club Racing de Santander, in a season-long loan deal.Álvaro García cedido al Racing de Santander (Álvaro García loaned to Racing de Santander); Granada CF, 28 August 2014 Roughly a year later he moved to Cádiz CF, also in a temporary deal.Álvaro García cedido al Cádiz CF (Álvaro García loaned to Cádiz CF); Granada CF, 5 August 2015
On 19 July 2016, after scoring a career-best nine goals in the Yellow Submarine's promotion campaign, García signed a permanent four-year deal after rescinding with Granada.Álvaro ficha por el Cádiz para las cuatro próximas temporadas (Álvaro signs for Cádiz for the following four seasons); Cádiz CF, 19 July 2016 On 14 January 2018, he scored a brace in a 2–0 home defeat of Córdoba CF.
On 13 August 2018, Cádiz announced that 50% of García's federative rights were sold to SD Huesca for a fee of €3 million, but the player announced hours later he would not play for the latter club. Ten days later, he joined Rayo Vallecano on a five-year contract.
During his spell at the club, he became Rayo Vallecano's all-time top scorer in La Liga after scoring in a 3–0 away win over Levante on 19 October 2025, netting his 29th league goal for the club to surpass the previous record held by Alberto Bueno. On 15 February 2026, he surpassed Jesús Diego Cota as the player with the most appearances for the club in the top flight, reaching 198 matches in La Liga.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCopa del ReyEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSan Fernando2012–13Segunda División B151———151Granada B2013–14Segunda División B306———3062014–15Segunda División B10———10Total316———316Granada2013–14La Liga4000——40Racing Santander (loan)2014–15Segunda División30300——303Cádiz (loan)2015–16Segunda División B34750—52449Cádiz2016–17Segunda División38510—204152017–18Segunda División361041——4011Total10822101—7212525Rayo Vallecano2018–19La Liga35421——3752019–20Segunda División35430——3842020–21Segunda División39220—424542021–22La Liga36731——3982022–23La Liga35530——3852023–24La Liga32610——3362024–25La Liga36410——3742025–26La Liga32442145—50112026–27La Liga6100——61Total286371941454232348Career total4746929514511452883
Honors Rayo Vallecano Segunda División play-offs: 2021 UEFA Conference League runner-up: 2025–26
Individual Rayo Vallecano Player of the Season: 2018–19, 2021–22
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